Crony capitalism related news.
If you like increased domestic spying – and the increase in government spending and crony opportunities that follow and allowing law enforcement to seize people’s property without a conviction, then William Barr may be your man for Attorney General.
Should we feel sorry for the DEA agent caught accepting bribes in exchange for providing information to drug dealers – no. Should we FINALLY realize the drug war is a complete failure and should end now – yes.
With a projected market of $57 billion by 2027, it won’t be long before the legalized marijuana market is controlled by the mega-corporations.
Whistleblower evidence from 2017 may help shine a light on the alleged illegal activities conducted by the Clinton Foundation.
…of the day. No spin. No tabloid trash.
(From The Washington Examiner) Planned Parenthood will continue to receive Medicaid funding in Louisiana and Kansas after the Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear cases in which the states sought to stop the organization from participating in the program....
(From The Guardian) Theresa May has postponed the final vote on her Brexit deal after a last-minute conference call with cabinet ministers, a clear admission by the prime minister that she does not believe she can get the unpopular EU...
(From The Hill) The United Nations climate summit in Poland stalled over the weekend as the U.S. joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in declining to “welcome” a landmark study on worldwide climate change. All four oil-producing nations are calling...
(From AP News) Belgian police fired tear gas and water cannons at yellow-vested protesters calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Charles Michel after they tried to breach a riot barricade, as the movement that started in France made its...
(From Reuters) Nick Ayers, Donald Trump’s top choice to be his next chief of staff, is no longer in the running and the U.S. president is now considering at least two other candidates, sources familiar with the matter said on...
(From Reuters) The European Union’s top court ruled on Monday that the British government may reverse its decision to leave the bloc without consulting other member states in a decision welcomed by those campaigning to stop Brexit. . . ....
(From The Washington Free Beacon) Russia is deploying nuclear-capable Tu-160 Blackjack bombers to Venezuela this week as part of an increasingly provocative pattern of bomber training flights, according to American defense officials. . . . The bomber foray to South...
(From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty) The United States remains the global leader in arms sales, while Russia has surpassed Britain to take the No. 2 spot as it attempts to modernize its military, a leading research group says. The Stockholm International Peace Research...
(From AP News) Defying fierce opposition from the United States and a few other nations, nearly 85 percent of the countries at the U.N. agreed Monday on a sweeping yet non-binding accord to ensure safe, orderly and humane migration. The...
(From Politico) An author and conspiracy theorist who says he’s being threatened with indictment by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in the Trump-Russia probe filed a federal lawsuit Sunday night accusing Mueller of constitutional violations and leaking grand jury secrets....
(From The Guardian) Prosecutors in Japan have charged the former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn with under-reporting his income by tens of millions of pounds, as the fallout from the scandal threatened to engulf other senior executives. Ghosn, whose arrest on...
(From The Daily Mail) Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Sunday rejected demands to extradite suspects connected to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as sought by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “We do not extradite our citizens,” Adel al-Jubeir told...
The Dems are trying to capitalize on the House win and to keep the momentum going. Politicians are also looking to grandstand and become stars. That’s what we see here. Supposedly Trump would face jail time (according to Schiff)...
One of the biggest myths with regard to American politics is the idea that political and economic matters are a battle between business and government. Often for many government is seen as a champion of “the people,” while business...
(From Politico) When and if she does, she’ll be rolling out arguably the most advanced and sweeping infrastructure in the Democratic field, a plug-and-play campaign that could give her a massive head start on nearly every contender in the...
(From Salon) But right now we’ve got Joe and Bernie, who both look extremely likely to run and could easily end up as the principal antagonists. What in hell did we do to deserve this?
